Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Letters Performance assessment

Call for a new national performance assessment body for doctors led by the health secretary

BMJ 2018; 362 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k3433 (Published 23 August 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;362:k3433

Rapid Response:

Re: Call for a new national performance assessment body for doctors led by the health secretary

Is this not a function largely already performed by the National Clinicial Assessment Service, which was established in 2001 and which is a part of NHS Resolution?

Competing interests: No competing interests

24 September 2018
I A Neale
Out of Hours GP
NCAS Assessor
Oxford